Apparatus for excavating and transporting soil and similar substances.



. G. E. FIELD;. APPARATUS FOR BXGAVATING AND TRANSPORTING SOIL AND SIMILAR SUBSTANCES.

A PPLIOATIO N FILED BBPT.15, 1908.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911 APPLIO FILED 6,

' G. E. FIELD. APPARATUB POB EXGAVATING AND TBANSPORTING S0 ND SIMILAR SUBSTANCES ATION 53131.1

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5. I V I I v I I I I I I s Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

G. E. FIELD. APPARATUS FOR EXOAVATING AND TRANSNRTING SOIL AND SIMILAR SUBSTANCES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, 1908. 987,352 Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. FIELD, OF COMSTOGK, NEW YORK, ASSIG-NOR 0F ONE-HALF TO- ATLANTIC,

' GULF AND PACIFIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF. WEST VIRGINIA.

APPARATUS FOR EXCAVATING AND- TRANSPORTING SOIL AND SIMILAR SUBSTANCES.

To all: whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that l, Guoron E. Fineo'fa citizen of the United States, and at present residing at Oomstock, in the county of \Vashington and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Excavating and Transporting of Soil and Similar Substances, .of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to 'iinproveinents in apparatusfor excavating and transporting of soil and similar substances.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figurel is a sideview illustrating a construction embodying the preferred form 0t my invention in operation on a waterway; Fig. 1 is a similar view of a similar -C0fistruet-ion working on landg-Fig. 2- is a side view of my preferred form of bucket; and Fig. 3 is a top view thereof.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts.

Referring now to these drawings and the preferred form of my invention illustrated therein, A designates a suitable support for the engine, etc. As shown in Fig.1, this support is in the form of a boat floating in water contiguous to a bank, the height of which, it is desired: to raise. The-support may be of any other character, such'as an ordinary engine house, a mere platform' or a platform on wheels running on traclrs for land work (Fig. 1*). Mounted on this sup port is an. engine of any suitable type pro vided with two drums B B capable-v of being operated independently of each other. .Also mounted on this support, or, if preferred,

under somecircumstances, adjacent thereto,

is-a scaffolding G, providedas shown with two pulley-s D D. i

E designates a fixed securing device, which, during the actual operation, issecured at a desirable point to the ground and whichmay be of any suitable character. As

shown, it is a stake driven into the dirt. A

chain connected to two trees, or a heavy weight or any other securing device may be employed. To this is secured one end of a cable F, which Ishall hereinafter refer to as a traekway. "As shown, this trackway runs from the securing device E: overthe top "mos d "a of the smflfildingf Mi he 19 311;? .1 i OImd thedrum B connector driven by the engineflMouiited on tlii s Specification f Letters Patent.

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....pp1ica-tion filed September 15, 1908. Serial. No. 453,199.

. trackway is what I shall call a bucket G,

which is actually acombined scraper or ex cavator and receptacle. As shown, this bucket G isprovided with two idle rolls or rollers nioun-ted' between two suitable bearing plates H, H, which in turn are rigidly secured. as by riveting to. therear end;

of the F bucket As shown, the trackway passes between these two rollers thus permitting the bucket tobe movedup and down along the trackway ,--the trackway duringits-operation engaging with the; roller 9-. Connected to the front end of the bucket is another cable J, which runs over a pulley D and around the dru n B connected with and actuated by the engine.

As shown in the drawings, a plate G is secured to the sides of the bucket at the front end thereof, which are provided with a series of vertically arranged'openings The two plates G constitute a securing dc rice on the bucket to which the end of the cable J may be adjustably secured. The purpose of theopeuings 9 which register with similar openings 9* "in the sides of the bucket, is to regulate the depth of 'cutof the bucket when it is dragged along the cable J'.

The operation of this construction, generally speaking, is as follows: The securing de actuated to pull on the cable J and drag the bucket through the dirt until the same is 1 filled or at least supplied with as much dirt. Lee is. desired at that particular time. The bucket is then dragged along the dirt to the dumping ground, which I have designated X and at the rear side thereof until it reaches a'point where it is desired to dump the contents. The drum B is "then actuated to tighten the traekw'ay F, which raises the bucket and dumps the contents. The cable J is then slacked to permit the return of the bucket. H

- bvious; as the work progresses, the

ble point of operation 'or xta- 'vation w ll gradually approach toward the dumping ground and awa from the securing device E. The buc et may, therefore, be allowed to slide down the trackway to the securing device andthen be dragged forward until point approxi- J and the conse uent movement ofthe bucket on the trac way can then be stopped and the trackway slacked away to permit the bucket to fall to the ground, when the operatiens can'be continued as already described.

The bucket may be of any desired shape, size and material, but I have illustrated mypreferred form in the accompanying drawings.

Referring to Figs. 2 and '3, it will be noticed that I havesecured to the bottom of my preferred form of bucket two saddles or runners K K. They may be secured in any desirable manner but are shown as being riveted to the bottom thereof. They make it much easier to tip the bucket to place the same in operative position to .fill. It will further be noticed that I have se- -cured my rollers g g to the rear of the bucket in such a way that they are arranged at an angle to the horizontal axis of the body portion of the bucket. This has two uses. In ,thefirst' place, it makes the dumping operation easier and more rapid, and in the second place, it makes it easier to tilt the bucket and to drive the-forward end thereof into the dirt. Furthermore, as the bucket is being dragged along by the cable J, after it is filled, the saddles K K offer less resistance to the surface of the dirt bucket.

than would the entire surface of the Furthermore the saddles will keep the cutting edge of the bucket slightly raised above the surface of the ground after the same has been filled and while it is being hauled back toward the place where it is to be dumped.

The cutting edge of the bucket, as also other portions thereof, may be reinforced in any suitable manner.

, The cableJ may be actuated in anysuitable manner'other than that indicated in the drawings. Furthermore, thedrumsB- and B may be driven by the same engine or twoseparate motors.

What I claim as new is: v 1. A bucket provided at its front end with a securing device, and at its rear e'ndfwith two pulleys arranged-at: an angle to'the horizontalaaxis; of; the belly?portion of the; ucket, and" separated sufficiently-to permit i i rat-us,"th,e combination of a trackway se- I 'alciible' to pass between the same.

2. In an excavating and transporting ap'- it strikes the dumping oint: and then tilted, or, as preferred, the ca le J .slacked. away sutlicie'ntly' to allow the paratus, the combination of a trackway se .cable secured to thefront end of said bucket, means for actuating the cable, and means for actuating the track-way drumthe bucket being constructed and arranged to turn into dumping position excepting when under tension from the cable secured to the front end thereof, and the various parts being constructed and arranged to permit of a regulation of the extent of tilting of the bucket during excavating and of the dumping thereof at any along the trackway by the ti htening of the trackway and-the cessation o tension on the 3. The combination of a movable support, a scaffolding mounted thereon, a plurality of pulleys arranged on said scaffolding at different heights, a trackway running over one of the pulleys, and having itsother end secured to any desirable fixed point, a cable passing over the other pulley, a bucket having its rear end mounted on and traveling along said trackway and connected at its front end'to the end of the cable and adapted automatically to turn to a dumping position whenever suspended on said trackway excepting when under tension from said cable, means for actuating the cable to desired point force the bucket through the dirt to excavate and to drag the same along the ground, andmeans for actuating the trackway to various inclinationsthe relative actuatlng means for the trackway and the cable being relatively controllable to permit of the dumping of the bucket at any desired point intermediate the scaffolding and the aforesaid fixed point.

4. A bucket provided at its front end witha securing device and at its rear end with two pulleys arranged one above the other, but separated suificientlyto permit a cable to pass between the same.

5. In an excavating and transporting apparatus, a bucket provided at one end with two pulleys spaced apart to'permit of the passage of a rope over one, between the two and underneath the other, and having their jcenter's on a line running at less than right angles to the longitudinal axis of the bucket. 6 The combination with a bucket providedat its front end with a securing device. and at its rear end with two pulleys arranged one above the other, of a cable attached to said securing device, and a track way passing overthe top of the rear 'puL ,lleys then between .th'esepulleys and under the lower thereof I 7 .In' an'excavating and transporting appae cured'at one end to the ground, "and at the other end to a drum, a bucket supported at In Witness whereof, I have signetl my its rear end therefrom and movable along name to the foregoing specification in the 10 the trackway in one direction by gravity, a presence of two subscribing witnesses. cable secured to the front end ofthe bucket m E FIELD for moving it along to load and haul it, and

means for relatively tightening the track- \Vitnesses: way and cable whereby the bucket may be FREDERICK B. \VARXER,

dumped at any desired point. MARTIN W. WALSH.

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